Warm Spaces in Community Venues
Communities across Berwickshire are responding to the cost-of-living crisis by opening community venues as warm hubs. Bavs is working with community groups to facilitate a joined-up approach. This page is a collection of resources to help you to set up and run your warm space.
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Funding
The Warm Hub Fund is now closed to new applications.
For alternative sources of funding please visit:
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About Berwickshire
Our About Berwickshire project and Berwickshire Swap are collaborating on the Winter Woolies project, bringing warm clothing to venues across the region.
About Berwickshire can also help set up a digital drop-in as part of a warm space.
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Berwickshire Help
We are collaborating with Duns Foodbank to make a list of all the warm spaces available on their Berwickshire Help website.
The Berwickshire Help website also has information on organisations working on crisis support in Berwickshire. This is particularly useful for groups setting up warm spaces for signposting and identifying partner organisations.
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A Warm Welcome
A helpful guide for people setting up hubs, produced by with practical tools such as a calculator for maximum safe room capacity.
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Community venues
It is important that precautions and considerations are taken into account when starting a warm space. You can find our latest guidance on safely opening your village hall here.
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Training
Check out our training programme for January to March 2023 for training relevant to running your warm hub
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Scottish Borders Council
The Scottish Borders Council website has information here on cost-of-living support. This is particularly useful for groups setting up warm spaces for signposting.